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CNN, seeking to reposition its "American Morning" show as a newsier
alternative to other morning programs, is ending its "90 Second Pop"
celebrity news feature. The move comes in the wake of CNN's decision to
replace "American Morning" co-anchor Bill Hemmer with Miles O'Brien.

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This week marks the 40th anniversary of Jane Pauley's debut as co-anchor on NBC's "Today" show. On Sunday, she began her full-time anchor duties on "CBS Sunday Morning," bringing in 5.66 million viewers -- a 12% increase from the same Sunday in 2015.

CBS News is reportedly looking at a range of in-house and external candidates to replace Bob Schieffer, who is retiring as host of "Face the Nation." Possibilities within CBS News include Major Garrett, its chief White House correspondent; Norah O'Donnell, co-anchor of "CBS This Morning"; and John Dickerson, CBS News' political director. Outside candidates are said to include CNN host Jake Tapper and ABC News chief White House correspondent Jonathan Karl.

The host of the NAB Show Television Luncheon on April 8 in Las Vegas will be Nancy O'Dell, co-anchor of "Entertainment Tonight." During the event, Fox reality competition "American Idol" will be inducted into the NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame.

CNN's new morning program, which features Soledad O'Brien, Ashleigh Banfield and Zoraida Sambolin, will debut Monday, one day before the Iowa caucuses. Plans call for Banfield and Sambolin to anchor from 5 to 7 a.m. and for O'Brien, who will be dispatched to Des Moines for Tuesday's caucuses, to handle the 7 to 9 a.m. shift. The new show, which does not yet have a title, is a replacement for "American Morning."

CNN has tapped John Avlon as a regular political contributor. Avlon, a political columnist for TheDailyBeast.com, has contributed to CNN in the past and introduced the "wingnuts of the week" feature on the network's "American Morning" show.